What a great year 1975 was for us. No one expected us to do anything and many predicted that we would come in last place in our division but we had a great draft "The Dirty Dozen" and ended up going to the SuperBowl and losing a close game to the Steelers.

It was also a very tough year for us long time Fans as several of our greats were no longer on the team: Bob Lilly, George Andrie, Chuck Howley, Bob Hayes, Walt Garrison, Dave Manders, Cornell Green, John Niland, Tony Liscio, and Herb Adderley had all retired or left over the last couple of years.

This was a new team with a mix of veterans and young players but with a lot of talent. Staubach bounced back from the disappointing season of last year and played very well. Robert Newhouse came close to 1000 yards rushing and Drew Pearson became our top WR.

Outside of the draft, we added one new player in Preston Pearson who was to become our 3rd down specialist. He wasn't a great runner but he was an excellent receiver out of the backfield and became a favorite target for Staubach over the years.

That draft gave us several talented players, most notably Randy White, Thomas Henderson, Bob Breunig, Herb Scott, Mike Hegman, Burton Lawless, Randy Hughes, and Scott Laidlaw all of whom would play for us for many years except Henderson.

In the playoff game against the Vikings was the famous "Hail Mary" pass from Staubach to Drew Pearson. We then won one of our most lopsided playoff games ever in stomping the Rams 37-7 and it could have been worse. Preston Pearson caught 3 TDs passes that day as the Rams had no answer for him out of the backfield.

The SB was marred by bad calls, non calls, and just bad luck as we came up short after having the lead through most of the game. The Stealers blocked a punt out of the end zone for a safety and that was the turning point in the game to me as they took the momentum away from us.

Lynn Swann made his name in that game as he scorched us for 161 yards mostly on a couple of big plays as he only caught 4 passes. Poor Mark Washington was always in the right position but couldn't keep Swann from catching the ball.

As disappointing as that loss was it was still remarkable that we even got there with so many new faces and with so many predicting a losing season for us.